Compiled by Merrisa Brown, mySA.com

Texas and Louisiana officers gathered in this heavily wooded sector of Louisiana near Arcadia, May 24, 1934, and then laid down a barrage of gunfire which took the lives of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. The officers first called on Barrow to halt as he drove his automobile 85 miles an hour down the road. As Barrow reached for his pistol and machine gun, the officers cut loose from the spot to which the officer is pointing.

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Texas and Louisiana officers gathered in this heavily wooded sector of Louisiana near Arcadia, May 24, 1934, and then laid down a barrage of gunfire which took the lives of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. The officers first called on Barrow to halt as he drove his automobile 85 miles an hour down the road. As Barrow reached for his pistol and machine gun, the officers cut loose from the spot to which the officer is pointing.